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Unique Features of the ADSA Builds Prototype

The prototype uses all the standard application components: dialogs that have been compiled with the CA ADS Dialog Compiler; maps that have been created with the DC/UCF system's mapping facility; and data elements that have been defined in the dictionary with DDDL statements. Most importantly, the prototype is built with the CA ADS Application Compiler.

ADSA provides the following capabilities that add considerable flexibility to the application, in general, and to dialogs, in particular:

• Security controls that can be put into effect for the application itself and for responses within the application
• Standard menus that are automatically created by the system at runtime and allow the use of fewer dialogs
• The EXECUTE NEXT FUNCTION command, which helps to control the flow of an application and allows process code to be more independent of its position within the application
• Global records that enable the developer to use fewer levels in the application thread
• Defined responses that reduce the number of response processes needed per dialog
• Function-related task codes that facilitate multiple entry points into the application
• Signon capabilities that make it possible for the end user to bypass the ENTER NEXT TASK CODE prompt from the DC/UCF system